To amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, to allow the secondary transmission to any subscriber in the State of Oklahoma of primary transmissions of local network stations in that State.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 22, 2007
Grants a statutory license to a satellite carrier for the secondary transmission of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission by a network station located in Oklahoma to subscribers who: (1) reside in Oklahoma but do not receive the secondary transmission of any network station located in that state because of assignment to a local market receiving secondary transmissions of network stations located in another state; and (2) elect to receive the secondary transmissions of network stations located in Oklahoma.
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